Getting young people hooked on internal auditing is crucial to the sustainability of the profession.
I discovered internal auditing through an operational auditing course at the University of Arkansas. At the time, I was an accounting major, but I had come to realize I didn’t like tax work or working solely with debits and credits. This introduction to internal auditing wasn’t like my other classes — instead, it offered case studies that allowed students to evaluate risks, find ways to increase effectiveness, and identify root causes.
